• MrSoup@lemmy.zip
    40·
    10 hours ago

    Controversial choices made by devs against most userbase mostly in the name of semplicity at the cost of usability.

    Lately they’ve updated Nautilus’s “open with” menu, which was working fine, to libadwaita and now it lacks search, so I must scroll through a long list of apps. Or other stuff like that which breaks retro-compatibility like no one cares (why do I need extensions and a custom theme by a random dude to make gtk3 not look alien next to gtk4?). Poor extensions developers must convert their extensions every six months.

    I’m still on it because I like its apps’ UX and Plasma still feels unpolished. But I think that’s just a matter of time, given how things are going on.

    • adarza@piefed.caEnglish
      6·
      6 hours ago

      gnome dumbed itself down too far, it’s turning into the win10 or 11 of linux–with features, basic features… expected features and functions, now missing… and the bland ui that makes it difficult to even see a damn window border without customizing tf out of it. i do not subscribe to their idea of one workspace per window or application. fk that.

      the only thing that was keeping it on a few systems here was an extension. one not even made by them. i found an equivalent kwin script for plasma. starting switching stuff over the next day.

      i won’t go back. and i’ve found that gtk and libadwaita stuff actually looks better on kde, anyway. so no change in what i’m using, just what everything runs from.

      i might still put gnome on for others, if all they’re looking for is a dumbed-down, simple launcher for their browser–like an alternative to chromebook, but that’s it.

      • ZeStig@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        2 hours ago

        Agreed. GNOME’s simply too opinionated for my taste. Imagine not having something as simple as autostart app configuration in 2026. You need a (first-party?) app for that? For basic functionality? Disgusting.

    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
      6·
      8 hours ago

      Valid criticisms

      I’m still on it because I like its apps’ UX and Plasma still feels unpolished.

      I mean , you could add its UX as a criticism too, but it’s also the whole point of Gnome3 is to be … whatever the fuck it is they are going for. OpenSource mac+? Plasma feels unpolished because its plain and unassuming, and you form it into what you want it to be.

      Also it gets funky with multi monitors, so I have widgets getting scaled randomly on the 2d monitor, and have

      kquitapp6 plasmashell && kstart plasmashell

      bound to an alias